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withdraw

verb/wɪðˈdrɔː/

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

To take back or discontinue something, such as one's previously given consent.

You are free to withdraw your consent at any point, even after we have started.

Similar: retract, rescind

Topic: Consent & explaining in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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